Cigar-tip-protecting label.



H. S. DOTTS. CIGAR TIP PROTECTING LABEL. APPLICATION FILED JUNE I. 1915.,

1 ,163,225. Patented Dec. 7, 1915;

TED ii HIRAM S. DOTTS, OF MARIAN NA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAR-TIP-PROTECTING LABEL.

To all who 17bit may concern Be it known that I, HIRAM DOTTS,'21 citizen of the United States, residing at Marianna, in the county of Washington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Tip- Protecting Labels, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cigar tip-protecting labels, the object being to provide a combination tip protector and label so constructed that the label will be held in posi tion on the cigar by the tip protector.

'Another object of my invention is to provide a cigar tip-protecting label which comprises a protector having a label connected thereto provided with a scratching surface on its under side, said protector being held in position upon the cigar by a match which perforates the tip thereof in order to form a draft flue.

Another object of my invention is to provide a cigar tip protector in the form of a conical cap-shaped member adapted to fit over the tip of the cigar having a label connected thereto in such a manner that when the cap is removed, by withdrawing the match used for securing the same in position upon the cigar, the label will be removable, thereby overcoming the disadvantages now existing in band labels.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof definedby the appended claims.

In the drawingsFigure 1,' is a perspective of my improved construction of cigar tip-protecting label, showing the application of the same to a cigar; Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section through the protector and label showing the same in positionon a cigar; Fig. 3, is a perspective of a cigar tip-protecting label and match detached; Fig. a, is a similar view showing a slightly modified form of tip-protecting label; Fig. 5, is a plan view of the blank from which the form of tip-protecting label as shown in Fig. i, is made; Fig. 6, is a longitudinal section through a slightly modified form of tipprotecting label showing the tip and label made separately and attached to the cigar by a match; and Fig. 7, is a detail inverted plan View of a label showing the scratching Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

surface for igniting the match usedfor holding the tip-protecting label in position upon the cigar.

. Like numerals of reference refer to like parts 1n the several figures of the drawings.

In the form oftip-protecting label as shown in Figs. 1, 2 andS, I provide a conical cap-shaped member 1 adapted to embrace the tip of the cigar having an opening in the apex thereof through which a match 2 is adapted to be inserted, which penetrates the tip of the cigar so as to perforate the same so as to provide a draft flue in the tip of the cigar without cutting the same; said capshaped member having a label 3 secured thereto provided with a scratching surface i on its under side, by means of which, the

head of the match can be ignited after the same has been withdrawn from a cigar in order to light the same. In this form of cigar tip protector, the label is in the form of a strip having a label-bearing end, and a portion which is secured upon the outer sur- I face of the conical cap-shaped member by any suitable adhesive material.

In the form shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the cigar tip-protecting label is formed of a blank as shown in Fig. 5, comprising a circular portion 5 bent into substantially conical shape and fluted so as to allow the same to expand and contract to accommodate cigars of various sizes. Extending from the circular portion is a label 6. In this form formed integral, the cap member being secured in position by a match 7 in a similar manner to that described in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

In the form shown in Fig. 6, I provide a conical cap-shaped member 8 and a label 9 formed separate, the strap of the label being passed over the tip of the cigar before the cap is inserted so that when the match 10 is passed through the opening thereof, the

the conical cap-shaped member and label are I drawn so as to remove the protecting cap, the label is also removed, thereby overcoming the difliculties noW existing in band labels, as the label is removed Without danger of injuring the Wrapper of the cigar so as to prevent the drawing of the same, When be.- ing smoked.

I claim:

1. A cigar tip-protecting label, comprising a conical cap-shaped tip-protecting member, having a label extending therefrom provided With a scratching surface.

2. A cigar label, comprising a tip-protecting member adapted to inclose the tip of the cigar and having a label connected thereto adapted to embrace the cigar upon Which the member is arranged, said protecting member having an opening to receive a match for attaching the same to a cigar,and a scratching surface formed on said label.

3. A cigar tip-protecting label, comprising a conical fluted capshaped member, having a label extending therefrom provided with a scratching surface.

4'. A cigar tip-protecting label, comprising a conical fluted cap-shaped member having an opening to receive a match for attaching the same to a cigar and provided With a label having a scratching surface.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HIRAM S. DOTTS.

lVitnesses J. BLAND WISE, SARAH V. l/Vrsn.

Gopieaof this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

